The Sun. — London, England, 1838-08-04 00:00:00

THE :SAY HARVEST. e hay_6arvdst is rafletabundunt than oilirrviL but the a ,nsettled state of _tae wader has protracted the he Id of saving the hay, Some very fine days we have in d led bad, and the work has proceeded very briskly in-many in astances , ander dusky clouds, and during - days void of sun e nine occasionally the rain has fallen abundantly. Bythe hay-gathering machine, whiCh is drawn by six horses (three others resting ir, , the meantime), at full trot, an acre of hay may be se anted_ by the_ _exertions of a few minutes. The eroi* ol: hay are .superabundant, and wheats look as - fine as r iny we remember. Upon the whole, we are quite satisfiee ~ no less by inquiry than observation, that the crop of Not Folk will be fully an average, and probably more than an average..—Yarwich Paper. Ti „le weather continues most favourable far carrying On the hay harvest ; and although at the ennimencement of the •operationa a quantity of hay was spoiled from the then amprepitims state of the weather, yet the crops since ha., been so abunilant, and made in such good conditioa, as cannot fail v, make the price of that necessary article of !fodder very low during the ensuing autumn eaid winter.— Dorset o.l.onicle. The .weather for some days past has been very favourable for the. hay harvest. Many of the farmers have got their crop 'into the tramp coil ; and, in general, it is considered more. than an average crop. Some offers, we have heard, have been made at 7d. per stone of 22.1hs.—Perth Paper. T.ie hay harvest has commenced very briskly in many pat's of this county. In the vicinity of Gorr., Luughrea, and several other places, the scythe is now in full operation and, should the present favourable weather continue a few -days longer, the crop will have been cut down and saved. We have heard some complaints that the average pro duce of the meadows will be soraewhat deficient this sea •on.--Gultray Patriot. It is rumoured in the higher circles that the Earl of Cavan is not the only Nobleman who is on the eve of taking a Coun. Itess from among the beauties of Staffordshire. A young Scotch Earl, .at present a subaltern hi a Dragoon Regiment, but presumptive heir to a Dukedom, is said t 4 have solicited the hand of one of the fairest belles of the county.—S•offjrdshire Advertiser. We insr,rt the following at the request of an ohl corresponde• i t :—There is now living at Farrington, Gurney, Somerset, 12 miles ll.ona Bristol, on the Wells-road, and at the same distance from Bath, Aar. Coomer, aged 12 years, daughter of James and Susanna Coomer.„ who has not taken the least food, animal or vegetable, milk. arrow. root, soup, jelly, broth, or any eatables whatever, for 47 weeks from the date of this paper. The only nourishment that has entered her lips for the above time is one, or not exceeding two common-sized to a spoonfulls of tea or coffce in the morning, the same in the evening, and perhaps a tea.spoonfull of cider or ale once in the week. part of which was spilt, owing to her teeth being closely clasped. Mr. rope, of Temple Cloud, and Mr. Flower, of Chilcompton, have atter ded her, and several other medical men have seen her. I saw her three months ago, when she appeared at first sight as if dead, but on clit e e inspection life was perceivable. She was lying cn the left side, a,,id had a slight flush on her countenance, which was not unpleasa%r. I saw her again ass Saturday last, and found her much the saute, only paler. She has never sat up in bed, or raised herself in anj way whatever since taken Sli, and her eyes and mouth have not ben opened for more than eleven :months. She is removed from one oed to another while h:_.r bed is 'made, and then put hack again, o :ad continues motionless. The above I believe to be strictly true, Cod will be sworn to by her father and mother, and others, if retr:ired, with many more particulars. The vul gar say she is in a trans r.others, that her illness is a judgment of Pro vidance, and others, '.gain, that she is bewitched.—Bristol Mercury. THE MAID .OF SARAGOSSA.—An individual still more celeldrated in England—the maid of Saragossa, whose heroic act of discharging a cannon from the heights of Saragossa, to avenge her fallen low et and her injured country, has furnished a theme for painters and pe ets—was visited by oar traveler at Hernani, where she reside,. Inv ,nting a colourable pretext for calling at her father's house, his fr.ersl, Major B______, undertook to secure him an interview. " Having rut up our horses at astable in the neighbourhood, we went straight t . t, rt he house ; and Major B— having informed a domestic that he had business with the senora, we were ushered into an upper apartment, where we awaited her entrance for some minutes. At length the door 'opened, and a lady of middle stature, but finely proportioned, made her apperrance. Her countenance was of the most pleasing cast, her dark eyes beaming with expression, her nose slightly arciaed, and her mouth displaying, when she spoke or smiled, a row of teeth 11!:c polished ivory, and giving instant animation to her whole countenance. Hcr age did not appear to accord with what a reference to historic data would at tri. bute to her; for, though approaching the "mezzo del cammin," the celour on her cheeks, and the lively expression of her features, still ar -rayed her in the mantle of youth. She received us in the most cour teous manner, and conversed for a considerable time with Major B—, who, as my interpreter, alluded to the interest attached to her character in England, and to the fact of her portrait having been drawn, not only by our artists, but by the greatest of our poets ; of which she seemed aware, but by no means vain ; and testified her acknowledgment of the compliment by a smile of very winning sweetness. It is said she has had numerous offers of marriage since her residence at Hernani; but on that point she is inexorable—a determination which enhances the in. terest of her character and the universal regard in which she is held,— Ran ibles in the Pyrenees. The Industriel de la Champagne publishes a letter I . TOril an iron-master of Bievre, giving an account of an experiment per formed by a cousin of his, which seems to throw into the shade the feats of Chabert, the fire king, who some years back, at Tivoli, entered a heated oven, and remained in it for a considerable time. According to +this account the cousin of the iron-p;aster entered the furnace imme diately after the fused metal had fib wed out, at 11 o'clock, a.m., and the aperture being closed up, he continued, alternately with another man, working at some repairs it required until seven o'clock in the eve.. ring. On his quitting it file thermometer marked 130 degrees centi. grade, or 266 Fahrenhe.r. It was supposed that when he first went in the temperature mug. have been as high as 200 C., or 392 F. One of the workmen is a?..ta to have had some blisters on his feet, but felt no further inconvreienee! The fallowing method employed by Captain Ken nedy, commanding her Britannic Majesty's steamer Spitfire, to prevent the incrustations or deposits of saline matter on the inside of the boilers of steam-engines, has been communicated by him in a letter to M. Gautier, of the French consulate at Malta. Captain Kennedy recom mends, after having well cleaned the boilers and tubes, to coat those parts of their interior surface most exposed to the action of the fire with a mixture composed in the proportion of eighteen pounds of melted suet and three pounds of black lead. He states that the advantages of this application have been so fully tested by experience that the Lords of the Altnirslty have resolved that all the Government steamers shall for the future be provided with a sufficient quantity of the above.mentioned ingredients.—French Paper. The iron trade in this neighbourhood (Birming ham) we arc glad to find continues in a cheerful and prosperous state ; and we learn that the principal ironmasters have on hand as many orders as they desire, and there are large contracts yet to be made for railway iron. The accounts from the Continent, as well as from the United States, seem to have infused great confidence into those con cerned in the manufacture of this importont article, with regard to prices; and there can be no doubt but that the improved state of titf,ngs manifested in the iron districts is extending itself to trade genev.ally, as much more activity is prevailing in many of the branches La hardware than latterly has been the case.—Birmingham Advertircr, SHREWSBURY RAILWAY.-The survey of this line is completed, and was laid before a mc.:etiv.ig of Proprietors on Mon day. Mr. Loch reports that the line is most favourable of any he has yet surveyed; no tunnelling beine required; no gentlemen's seats or private property invaded; r.nd The railroad proceeding almost in a straight line from its oomm:elne;aient in Shrewsbury, to its junction with the main line near Wo',,,crll am pton. The line, which will be a double one, commences in Y.erival, betwegn the English Bridge and the Abbey Church, Shrewsht;,7---, the whole distance being '29 miles.—Shrewsbury Chronicle. L ITEF. A`RY PROPERTY.-The manuscript of" Ro binson Crasr,e" ran through the whole trade, and no one would print it. The be olr.eller who at last bought it, cleared 1,000 guineas by it. " Bn • •n's Justice" was disposed of by its author for a mere trifle, as well a - ".;uchan's Domestic Medicine" both of which yield immtbse in. 411.f.e5. The" Vicar of Wakefield," the most delightful novel in our kw.lguage, was sold for a few pounds; and Miss - Burners " Evelina" - produced only live guineas. Dr. Johnson fixed the price of his " Lives of the Poets" at 200 guineas, by which the booksellers in the course of a few years cleared 25,000/. Tonson, and all his family, - rode in their carriage with the profits of the five pound epic of 'Milton. The copy. right of " Spelling Book" sold for 2,000 guineas. WA TER D Rug KERs.—The late Dr. Babington gate it a:4 his opinion that they who could be satisfied with water as their customary drink, were in possession cf a high privilege. The palate, unfortunately, 11 , ..4 no ears for truths of this srlf.deaying description, and habit is a grew er oppressor of the bodies of men than the Ncros and Caligulas were of their souls. The taxes imposed by governments are heavy enough, heaven knows ; but those inflicted by our own appetites and passions are infinitely more numerous, burthensome, and disgrace. tail, to beings calling themselves rational; and who arc so frequently pouring forth prayers for deliverance from the " lusts of the flesh." These sort of people are truly what they so often and so grays ly pro. aniunce themselves to be, " miserable sinners ;" and for the major part, hypocrites also; fir they have no sort of desire to forego even the smallest of•what they falsely deem their pleasures.— front a Corres pondent of the Taunton Courier. ABSENCE OF MIND.—NOT AN A INIERICAN.— The Provost of an adjoining watering-place, whose absence of mind, and "multifarious, immense and many" occupations drove him almost 'mad. as may he conjectured from his honour being provost, chief town magistrate, county magistrate, in right of office, postmaster, and the aole Purveyor of eatables, drinkables, spiceries, light, fuel, smoking and snuffing the whole of this corporate town. On Thursday morning early, while walking about without his shoes, he was assailed by the footman of a neighbouring Baronet, who called for Isis master', letters, a little girl for two oat-cakes and half a dozen red.herrings, and several customers waiting besides. At this moment the servant girl brought in his shoes, winch she laid nn the counter. The pluralist, stunned by his vatiety of duties, took the child's money, and wrapping up his shoes and the Baronet's newspapers in the cloth she brought, started her off to her mother. He'sga - .'e the letter-bag to the footman, who delivered it to his master, but to ane wonder of the family six real herrings were found in it. The, worthy functionary was only brought to a sense of his errors by atta'Apting to get his toes into the oat cakes which he had placo , ' on tate floor.—Glasgoto Paper. LUDICROUS CASE OF ROBBERY.---A few clays ago a robbery was committed, which caused a general laugh against the ire m , ll who was plundered. .k well-dressed ".victimiser," w h ose .lea general apparel a rair of very intlitTeret:t . shoes disgraced, w a lk e d i nto a b intmaker's shop in th e Cit y , and a:k td for a particularly neat pair of W a llingtons, lie was rather a fastidious customer, bit the master of the. shop at last fitted hint with great exac ness. VS, hat's the price?" said.Oe, stamping with his rigut foot. to fasten hiMself immo va bl y i n trac now purcha , e. Before an ar a ver could he given, in darted a stranger into the shop, struck the booted customer a violent blow on the face, knocked him eat, and then ran off. The insulted person leaped up, svith the blood running from his nose, and crying nut, " Where is the villa' who assaalted me ?" ran out at fug speedto catch the ag gre , 'ar. " a wonder," said the owner o f the shop, " if the gentleman \yid cat ell that vile rascal shot hit him so spank. I ant afraid the boots wilt cramp him-1 thought they were too t i g ht, feller escapes." '- Catch 11;in," said the shopman7la Ws a pity if the " looking at the old Pair of mud-pl ungers w hi a l i the victimiser left behind, "I'll be blest if they ain't both i n i t fast enough." " What f." said the master, do you mean to say that the gentleman with the bloody nose won't come back ?" " To be sure I do," anAwered the shopman; " what would he come back for ? Hasn't he got a pair of good boots for his bloody nose ?" It is al• most needless to add that the blocaly nose gentleman has not yet op pcar..d. Ile is, no doubt, still in pursuit of his unceremonious opponent. journals complain of a recent .decree of the Court of Cassatioa. A lady was grossly insulted by an ecclesiastic from the lailpit She brought an action for calumny. The Court has decide:l that, the priest being a public 'functionary, she has no right to pro;. , .cute without B rst .permlssid: from the Can. self frPel• PRICES OF CANALS, DOCK STOCKS, ASSURANCE COAIPANIES,tic. &c. LONDON, FRIDAY, AUG. 3. Number Dirtdend ';rice _ of PVT t• Al 4 ki S. • Pit 'huts. Antistra. se • Ar ai' •' ' e j 7 O,t"rli , 1 , 701 7 ret cell 4. AelitlM and ()Wham... Avereme e . ~1 ...... see I,(ed 41. A elese.de-le-Zetteh ............... Awettra 1 l'-sh. 65 1,260 „....... Bas i ngstqs e - ;,,S:eiesale"' lool.s h. 5 1,005 5.4 Brecknere. P'” , ffl r.oergavenny 160, se.. 109 3,000 I-168h. 9/ 6s, jitie•sr , i 4 4 74. ,'":!es, 1 -16th share l. & 711. 940, 8-' 4v I fro .. i,.. 4.kest.,`ZS nee I.: verpool jutict...lT4 s . . !Neil Set 800 A. Tlrideewater and TaunSen ../.1004 P ;., ,'" I lit. 64 400 4 ) . Ch can er and Black's tel.Nee ..S'ellss itell :h. 102 10.1 181. Cev telt re ...... :i:t, , ,tailllVl !Al. sh. 745 4"'.3 2,060; C. Os gAn 1001..1, (91(1 141. eierby "ell% .S..n•AI 20,000 4k+k gent. i)antine and Meyue - •IV, s rifs - ~ .esi ?0 3.5;1,1 -24 Ellesmere and Chereee.- ::- A... - -•:..s e 1331. sla. 77 '... , 51 46/. Erewash. Alt * ' - 1001.1 n. 700 1,297 2.5/. ...sotee s t e #- , s ue Average 4001,3 6S. th. 570 1 i ,mo (2./. gi. , /,, , :_sz eunstien lon/. ph. •ne; itet49l 1 4 . .:nano: Union kV ~e. 1 ee. se e .... Grand Surrey . es .eas •I. • • - le e s At. 11. percent. Ditto (optional) Lotus ...ee , esesse t e,nt f 3 ' '0 'P" Grand . 'Western sers , eue 1.94 i/. sh. all p( 6 , 30 131.125, ad. GieteeseesesekitKe; Asscrage cost 172/. 13s. II 230 749 104. O.:Are= , 150/ sh. 9. 1 , 1 6,236 24 O. it'ACltlf`i . 8 Lid Average 571. 6s. Ock. et, '.;: 100 ...."." Remington ,11 1 I! sfe 'MI pd. 10 25 g 24 It. ha. Kennet and Avon, A veraseslM 182.10 d. sh. 25 2 : 2,4'o+'s 241. Leeds and Liverpore S• , 001. sh. 670' 44511 134 Leicester ...yes% 140/. sh. ceo 1'197 6!. Os. Iz•icestese 164 Northampton... Aver eel,. (Os. tit 2.400 104 Merelleresthshire 100(' st 4 ,. Icll 150 1114 Melton Mowbray •e. s'''''3i sh. 200 501) 21t, Mersey and Irwell ....... ....eseee. 1004 sh. 560 3.000 V. 103. 51acciestlehl v e -.se, -.1001. sh. 'ail pd. be t 47 171. Neat!! 2,100 5/, Peak Foessek et. e vet ege about 7t41. s,h. IV% 1,1•18 12s. Itereetle‘ l 4 ( \ l'sr London) Aver. 33/. 16.. e N.1N 101 5 1' 1 ' 9 W. Per cent- Se‘*' ll6- ' ,, Ave r 2io sl 3l4. En. 7'l 560 *. .3 , 7:4ip5111. - ^ . ', , n ,, t ~,.... ) :51. sh. 138 ls') et. MC Somerset Coal . 4 ,5-seem. 150/. sh. 15)1 3,4001, 415 - s ent Ditto Lock Fist Wile 121. 10E. sh. sii 701 ea Staftbrcl istwa Worcester 140/.5N, 'llO MO 94 F.eisseSSVoilt v sttil. sh. eel) 300 94 IftMarbridge sat l4el. sh. 330 3,647 tens, Stratford-on- Avon ... A etSI age ~. 91. 9s. tel. sh. 40 533 I.V.(' .. Swansea ......... ees 'OOl sh. 254 . ) . Severn and .. and Railway ...A r. 351: sh, 33 ?,'Zlo42lts. 1 2 1 1.ti ii a. Treat. end Mersey, 1 share 1•00 Z she '603 A,149 Theraes end lledway... Aver. 181.58. 2d-. sh, t Ldrituh. 1 6/. Warwick aid Birminetearte „se.s.e.easslVOC.Sh I,oiensh. De° 15s. Warwick and Neptren ~s,::100/. sh. 6,000 4/.05. Worcestse and Ilirsninghatle...Av.7B4 Bs. sh. 5,04 , 0 255. Wilts ass Perks ‘.. sk'serage 67/. 10s. 80. sh. 500 31, Vs yrley and Ettington • ~1 ',Se.. ell 121) • Wisbesch ,.......w.4,01Mr. sh. 901 1.. Wey and Arm, -.es. 1101. sh. DOcKte 2.600 & 1 3 C Commercim,s, , 'ON, f', 1,0653811. i P. Ea' ehet West India -les% ss...Stock 3,238,31011. 555. sett. London • 'met ...........Stock Ditto Bonds ..... ...essittil 2:201 U. ;Os. Bristol . . .... ..e.tti Average 1471. Os, eh. 6E5,3244 51. per cent. Ditto 14r10s, various amounts ....... 9.evass 1.152,75': 5 percent. St. Katharine eveseeNttsek I 50%000 41 per cent, Mtn Bonds II '40e.000 4 pee teed:. Ditto Bonds for 10 ysate 1( 2.500 Deptford Piet 2Ol. she 201. p 0 1 BRIOGES: 1,1%) des. Hammerimiti 5O/ sh. 2 752.31 Southwark, Old 1,110 11. lbs. Ditto, New, of 71 rr cent. 5O/. sh. 14 5,000 Waterloo 5,000 IRs. 64. Ditto, Ohl Annuities of Si. 6Ol. pd 19 5,000 16s. lel. Ditto, New Ditto of 71 401. pd 17 60,0001. 51. per cent. Ditto Bonus llB 5,818 17s Vauxhall Average 701. 10s. 3d. sh. 23 ASeURANCE COMPANIES. 2,000 311 0 5 Albion 5001. sh. 50/ pd 80 500(e1 5'5 per cent./ AMance,British& Foreign 100/. sh. 104/. pd 14 ,- and 15s. 50,000 6 per cent. Ditto, Marine 1001. sh, 51. pd 64 24.000 4 1. per she Atlas 1,200 Seth. 5/. Birmingham Vire eO,OOO 41. per cent. British Fire 250/. sh. 50/. pd 40 12,000 61, per cent. British Commerciel 504, sh. 5/. pd 5; 5,000 51. per cent. Clerical, Aledieal,&c. Life, ICOLsh. 21105 ptl 4 4,000 2/ (Os County lOOl. sh. Int. pd 401 20,000 55, Eagh) ~ 501. sh. Si. pd 54 v) , 3 f tl>r 3 gnt.l Etonomic Lite ...............1000!. sh. 2501. pd 375 2,271 225. per cent, Eurepean Llic 0 04 sh. all pd 22 50,000 2s. Ditto, Nt'X' I ,000,0061. 71. per ct. Melee 20,00 0 , 51. Guardian lOO4 steely pd 344 4 0 ,000 6s. 04, Hope 5O/. sh. 51. pd 5-4 2,400 54 le. 60. Imperial Fire 500/. sh. 50/. pd 127 7,500 9s. Imperial Lile 1001. sh. 10/. pd 9 4 19,459 4/. per cent. Indemnity Merine WO/. sh. Si. pa 23 2,020 3! Ins Ke.t. Fire 501. sh. all pd 82 Si Ditto Life IVO(' 16s. Law Life 100/. sh. 10/. pd 254 5 0)10 10s. London, Fire 25/. sh. 121. 10s. pd le 3,900 10s. London, Ship 9 54 sh. 12/. 10s. 0 16 1,000,000/. ... ..... Minerva Life 1001. sh. 30,000 5/. per cent. Palladium Lite 50/. sh. 21. p d 218 s 04 50,000 4/. per cent. Protet•tor Fire 2O/ she e/ pd 17. Ckl 2.500 11. Provident Lite lOO/. sh. 101. pd 20 100,000 ss. Rock Life 0 01. she 1/. pd 7 619,220/ 51. per cent. Royal Exchange Stosk... 2254 6,000 5 per cent. University I.ife lOO/. sit. 5/. psi 51 50,000 4 per cent. United Kinedom Life 100/. sh. 5/. pd 71 JOINT STUCK BANKS 75 , 00 0 8 per cent. A gric and Comm. of Ireland 25/. sh. 101. pd 5: 00 0 ... ...... Australasia 4O/. sh. 401. p 4 6' 10000 10 per cent. Bank of Birmingham 5Ol. sh. 101. p,l ' MOO leper cent. Birmingham Bank .. 5O/. sh. 5/. pd 3 . 1,000 5 per cent. London and Westminster ..100/ sh. 201. pd 60,000 Si. London Joint Stock 50/. sh. 101. pd .3,000 4 per cent. Lancaster...." ...... .......,...1004 sh. 204 pd 25,4100 Liverpool 1001 eh. 10/. pd 100,000 74 per cent Manchester and Peverpooli 501. sh. 151 pd District.., . 20,000 7 per cent. Manchester 100/. sh. 25/ pd 20,000 ... ...... Pro' o :ncial Bank of Ireland 1001. sh. '251. psi 111,s CO *rational Bank of Ireland sel. she 17!!. pd 10,000 5 per cent. National Provincial Eng. lOO/. sh. 251. pd :0,000 • Gloucestershire 5Ol. sh. 10/. pd 6,000 10 per cent. Hampshire 50/. Eh. 5/. pd GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES. 2,500 110 s Od Bath 2O/. sh. 111. pd 5,000 British 4Ol. sh. 161. pd s 000 15/.percent e, and B „ . 6 ,1 Ditto Provincial 701. sh. 19/. pd Wei 5/ 10s Birmingham 5O/. sh. 4,250 21 Os Bristol '2ol. sh. 1,500 3/ 103 Brighton 201. sh. 750 31 lOts Ditto, New 201. sh. 181. pd 2,471 44 per cent. Brighton General 201. sh. all pd 4,000 54 Continental Consolidated 1,000 101. City of London .................1001. she all pd 1,000 61. Ditto, Now 4,000 41. 10s. Equitable 10,000 21 per cent. Imperial 800 51. per cent. Isle of l'hatiet 9 51. sh 2Ol. pd 2,350 61. per cent. Independent 304 sh. all pd 9,000 31. per cant. Phcenix ... 5Ol. sh. 39/. psi 1,000 41. per cent. Ratcliff - 1001. sh. 801. pd 4,000 South Metropolitan 5O/. sh. 19/. pd 8,200 5/. per cent. United General 5O/. sh. 46/. pd 240 51. per cent. Warwick 501. sh. 400 5/. per cent Waeefield 2,000 31. Westminster Chartered 6,000 12s. Ditto New 3(l. sh. 10/. pd 600 Yarmouth 'Ol. sh. le/. pd WATER WORKS. 4,800 9s. Birminghatn 25/. !h. 25/. pd 4,434 61. East London lOO/. she 5,500 2/ 10s Grand -1 unction .... Aestrage 41/ 13s. 40. she 2,000 2/. Kent ." 100/. sh. 372 104 Liverpool Plebtle 2201. sh. 1,500 2/ 10e Now RiVer London Bridge WaterAnnuitles 6,486 11 153 Mellth ester and Salford IOW. sh. 1,000 4 per cent, South London 100/. sh. 8,204 4/, West Middlesex ....Aeellge 631. 12s. 90. sh. 1,360 11 14s York Building Cc. Lessee Prop 100/, sh. IRON 11k1I.WAYS. 6 , 30 !, ... Birmlngh?tha and Derby 4O/. pd g 5,5140 BkollitSgham and Gloucester 15,000 ItSistol and Exeter 1001. sh. 15 pd 600 ~..... Calcutta and Salver 5O/. sh. 21. pd 7,500 Cheltenham and G. Western 1001. sh. 1211 3,10 1 4 Clarence lOO/..h. 100/ pd 12,000 8,000 Dublin and Kilkenny 11)01. sh. 24 pd 60,000 Eastern Countie - 25/. sh. 73e pd Grand Junction 1001. sh. 11.0. pi Great North of England l3l. pd 5,0,10 Great Western lOOl sh. test. pd 2,0 , 10 Hartlepool 1001. sh. 1001. pd 8,000 Hull and Selby 501. sh. 15/. pil 10,0116 Leeds and Manchester ... lOOl. sh. 5/. pd 2,100 3/. per cent. Leeds and Selby 100 sh. 1,50 n 11.55. Leicester and Swannington -.50/. sh. all pd 3,100 10 percent. Liverpool and slanchester...lo( 4 sh. 100/. pd 10 per cent. Ditto Quarter Shares 25/. pd 313,000 .. London and Brighten 5Ol sh. 111. pd 12,000 London and Blackwell 501. sh. 3/ pd 10,000 3 per cent. London and Greenwich 2Ol. sh. 201. pd 25,000 London and Birmingham ...1001. sh. 904 pd Ditto Quarter Shares pd London and Southampton ....50/. sh . 511. pd Ditto ditto New . ...154 pd 11,000 ......... London and Croydon Trunk 201. she 2. 1 /. lid 6, 1 00 Ditto New Scrip 12,000 London Grand Junction 50/. sh. 51. psi 13,000 Manchester and Leeds 100/ sh. 301. pd 10,000 N or th Midland 1001 sh. 45/. pd Northeen and Eastern lOOl. sh. 81. pd 2,500 Preston and Wyre 50/. sh. 301. pd `.13,000 ... South Eastern and Dover 71. pd I: CO 10/. per cent. Stockton and Darlington ¶l,OOO Thames !Liven 5O/. sh 2/. 1 105. pd 1,400 .... ..... Westminster and Greenwich 50/. sh. '2/. NI 6,000 York and North Midland ...50 . sh. 121. pd MINES. ..... ... A lbion Copper 5 /. sh. 31/. p 4 .11. Os. A lten 1-41. sh. 124 10e pd Anelo Mexican, iss. 51. pm.... 100/. she all rid Ditto Subscription 95/. pn 2,000 1 1. Bola nos ........ 150/. sh all'pd ;0,000 11. las Brazilian imp. iss. 51. pin .35/. sh. 20/ pd 6,41 0 etacauhas ie Oscars United 251. eh, 2'/. pd 11,00 n Ditto St. John i)cl Rey eOL sh. 11/. pd 10,000 no! i v .., r ( 'opper Company .04 sh. 201. pd in,enn ...-.... Dit , o Scrip.... la sh. I% p 4 :Atli st British Iron 5Ol. sh. 51:1 pa 6,000 Fri tub Copper 5l. sh. 4Z I. pd Cata Branca f3tl. is Cantionga 1 0 ,000 11 Copiapo 2lll. sh le4l pii 5,500 ... Column an, Ise. 5/. pin. 2,850 3/. English 121 1e s. 451 2°, 000 ... ...... General Mining Association...2o/. sh. 16/. pd 6,153 Mexican Company 1001. sit. 534/. pd n,OOO Pol!,erOlt. (70111 MI it . 1(11. sh s?. pd 11,500 Real 41c1 Monte, Unregistered Ditto Loan Notes l5O/. pd United Mexican, ias. 2pm -AUL sh. all pd Mt 4. Scrip • Ditto New Scrip 5l ? ,, i1 west Cork 504 sh. 501. pd LITERARY INSTITUTIONS. 1,(100 London, with Bronze Ticket 75es. sh. 1,500 Lonclnn University 11101. sh. all pd 700 King' Coneys, lOO/. pd MISCELLANEOUS 10,000 les. Australian Aericultural....loo4 sh 2(4/. pd 6,000 4/. per cent. British American Land Company 24/. pd 10,010 (0. per cent. Canals Comeany 1001. she 261. 1.1 f60,0(3) 51. per cent. Upper Cana , a Loan City Bonds, 4 per cent 20,000 u . g s , General Steam Navigation ...15/. ;h. 13/. pd 101. per cent. Hudson's Bay Stock 14 London Com. Sale Rooms Ave '73/. she Canittchoue Company "31. sh. lei/. ix! National Loan Fui.4l '1 5s 'pi New Brunswick Land Compaey sol e ,d 2,754 5!. per cent. Reversionary I nterestSoc...loo4 O. 1 0 0/.lxl 2,633 5/. per cent. Ditto New 1004 sit. 70/. pd 4,0451 ........ Thames Tunnel 5Ol, she all pie 10,000 6s. Van Die_ ner.'s Land 1004 sh. 171. pd QO,COO f 4,000 1,000 1..... :10,000 8,0 . 0 590,G001. LIST OF SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICE 4, JULY 2. 1838. BANKS. 1,500,n0v. fit. p. et. rar •of Scotland SV. 6s Sd. ill. all pd 193'. 2,000,0 Vt. 5i p. et. lic..•. of Scotland len/. sh. all pd P . 41. 500.0101. Bp. ct. 11r.nAli Linen Company 100/.0). :.111,1 '24o'. 3,0 , r1,006/. 6/, p. et. Comrnerci - .1 .50(11. sh. 1001. pd 1 , 04 5 mhylein. ,n . rt., 'v.-Atonal .1004 sh. 101. pd 161/. 2,03 , ',04V1. 61 p. et. Gtoxft.ry Union • 25 , 1/. sh. 51)1. pd 831. 4,q00 01. 01. 4p. ct. WeAtern et Scotland 201 H. sh :311/. pd 56P. ______ ..,.._ ~ INSURANCE COM I'ANIES. 2.SMWIOsh. 61 p. et. :Scottish Union .01 Mi. 1/, pd t'.7s 10r,000 ap. ct. Insurant.e Co. of Scctland! ) l l 4. - 501 - 4 e t p. ct . Hercules l i c . h l . o a / i . l i p. dd 1 8/ 3/ 1 1 5 5: 50,000 6p. ct. North British 2001. sh. 101. pd 18/. 1,000 sp. et. Caledoni a n Fi re 1001. sh. 101. pd l:,/ 0, 5.000 np. et. Edinburgh Life 100/. sh. 10/. pd 14/10s 100,000 al p. ct. West of Scotland lO/. pd 71 0 8 MISCELLANEOUS 4,810 ........ Min. ~n d Was. Un. Cana1...50/. sh. all pd C2l. Ditto Annexed tin!. di. all pd 651. 5,400 5 per cent. Edinb..l@int St9elz Water... 251. sh. all pd ::;81. Carron Iron Company 2501. sh. all pd 44/. 2 , 009. 5 h 15 per cent. Shetts Iron Foundery 501. sh 3A/. pd 514 1 0 , 060 3 per cent. Edinburgh 3, Leith Glass 2Ol. eh. 161. Pd 6/, FAcilaithonwrgoh Gas s oal Gas 251. Eh. all pd 614 . ..20/. sh. all pd 45/. 254 sh. all pd 1312. th Rai Avay...so/. all .161 75 '74 per cent. Leith Coal CA% 44 :: 5 : 5 : 7 0 lig . PrP . , er . . 7 .. cc . Ane . ntt.. Edinburgh and Dalkei 3,000 5 par cent. Equitable Loan Cotapx27 '1.51.5h. W. pd 101 THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, AUGUST 4, 1838. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT: remain, at Well an wildt prepoodto lie removed. He had no hegltatiCiri in Sa y ing, that he differed vviCti mil:tee, rmany, thonghti that the tJorlittiiitV6 pensions an many, whose circumstances ind situations gave t1;6? - 1 1 _ nn ;Om' Hear, hear.) Time Ought, to be given to MClttleLl consider chat should e adopted, particularly When it wat li , ,V th3.t tztti no right to ,rnedle with the pensions granted miler t :eOrnai of ,freland. It propoSed by this Bill that power shouij.. !_2,001 1 to the 6,leen to charge the, „Cd*lidated Fund with pensioni, not ececding lqd,purji. ; and he wished to know whether it was inteildtal t9at tide IRermfon AnOPOsed to be granted were to b'e continued during int 1 ... 4 c4i . of the pal-tieg, oi Only during the life of, the Queen. If the On 6 0 0 lq Ogii<iu e t ahirin 6 ', . J4 l , ii; i etpne the parties, 'eat was altering the whole law c. , q'tanding upon the :uhject. Without wishing to prevent the payion f .t. the ler,s,ions for the current year, he (Mr. Hume) thought it HOUSE OF L'OM:iiONS. Ai crrsr SEA:k“. tbOk tht bhair at the Ong ti,u, the iliotlon of Lord GRANVILLE SOMERSET, the Cirencester Hundred Coors' Bill was reed a second time, end ordered to be etommittH.on, V,Tediieschly neXt. . The Mar4nis qIIANBY tiresented Oititioti frtim fo-.'4.o,iinst the Parochial Assessment Bill. IJIBSON presented a petition from ChelniSford against the encouragement of idolatrous worshiti India; Sir G. GREY pretenteq fie td sami effect froin oi k CARNAC presented a petition ,from the shipowners, merchants, and others flgred in the Eait .India trale, complaining thatn4slfrs,..:inu, sVaeiccl Were not sufn:clew r t '4tl4.!ineu to nit the situations, and tug expediency of appointing commissioners to examine pensions for _ 4 0 1 iiii j4e Prdier tci Vdst - prae, any decisive legislation 6n the subject till next S'esstort. 11/eig were eneny Peers upon the who appeared to him to hale no claim whatever but their poverty and there were massy, high in rank, and pess.essed of tonsitlerrible personal property, whose names acre etnitineed on the list. It would be unpleAsant to single out bathes j lie wiehed the House to look carefully over the list and judge for themselves. The Abstracts of each case, which were eurttained in the Report, furnished little or no informaton. Resides ; in alt st every instance, the parties had not been ex amined personally, and the evidence was only written, or fonislied by their agents, Upon all these grounds, he, ( Mr. flume) therefore, thee/0 that the further considerat'oa of this 13111 be deferred till that day three months. Oa the SPEAKER inquiring " who seconds the amend ment ?" both Mr. D. W. Harvey and Mr. O'Connell appeared to do so, The CHANCELLOR or the EXC H Mal Elt com menced by affirming that netet had he been more surprised than at the proposition of the Hon. Member for gilkenny, who had been Et Member of the Conlimittte, and Yfriy a patty to the Report, directly in opVtisitidn to that pt opeigal, ( Hear.) The Hon. Oentlemen might have bed some grounds for his argument if any thing had been done on the authority of the Committee itself; but the flodse bad eppreved of the Inquiry, and bad delegated its authority to the tiewirilittee in question. The Committee had eat thirty-five or forty days, and no efforts *etc spared dit the putt of its Members its Oder to arrive at the truth l±± kvery ewe. To show the unanittlity which Wee -ailed in the Conie mittee, he would only state that the alit !alone were reduced to the lowest possible number. Having made tbeeni 'igneous and scrutinizing inquiries, the Committee concluded its repet4 by recommending that a list of any pensions regranted should he laid upon the table of the House of Commons. This was the report the Hon. Member proposed to throw overboard. There was no desire of concealment on the part of the Government. They had taken the resolutions of the House as deciding them in their course—namely, to consider the whole question, with a due regard to the rights of all parties. They bad so consi dered it, and the report was the result of their determinations. He trusted be had now said enough to induce the House to negative the proposition. Mr. HARVEY did not rise to take any part in the dis cussion, further than to ask a question of the Right Hon. Gentleman. He had stated that it was part of the report which had been made that the name of every person to whom pensions were granted should be printed by tke next Session.—( Hear, hear, hear.) Now he wished to know whether the names were to be printed for the [101.13C, and Hon. Members were to be allowed to challenge those grants, or whether it was printed only for the informa , tion of those who had the Royal Bounty; if it was the latter, it would be of no use, hut if the former, he thought it met the suggestion of his Hon. Friend. He agreed with his Hon. Friend that it was impossible for any person, except a Member of the Committee, to make themselves acquainted with the Report. He had not the good fortune to hear the speech of the Right Hon. Gentleman the other night, but he had had the cu. riosity to read it, and he must express after that he thought the Right Hon. Gentleman seemed rather covetous of praise. He said he bad been the active advocate of this inquiry, and he was delighted to find it had had the effect of dispelling the delusion to which the public were exposed. Such- being the case, he ( Mr. H.) must put in his claim to some commen dation. He had heard that there was to be a public meeting of the pensioners, for the purpose of expressing their thanks to those individuals wha had originated the inquiry. —( Hear.) The Right Honourable Gentleman had opposed this measure, Session after Session, but he (Mr. Ilarvey) wished to redeem the country's fairest forms and homeliest matrons from unjust imputations.—( Laughter.) He was willing to concede that a great number of the persons had produced evidence well calculated, and deservedly, not only to justify the grant of the pension, but also for its continu ance. But, on the other hand, in many instances no satisfactory evidence whatever was given, which should induce the House to recognise the original grant, and far less its continuance. However, according to the rules laid down by the CoMmittee, he was only surprised that any pension whatever had been withheld. There was no particle of parole evidence taken, except he believed in one single case. The parties were called upon to state the grounds for the pension, atid its continuance. Now there was not a pauper in the receipt of one or two shillings a week, whose name appeared on the list of any union, the lists of which had been inspected by the Guardians who, had they been written to, would not have made out good and tangible and forcible reasons both for the original grant and its continuance.—( Hear, hear.) The House had thought proper to exclude from the Committee its author--( Hear, hear)—he would tint, however, descend to pick out individual cases. It frequently, however, occurred that the excuses made were near and sometimes distant tics of relationship ; for instance, it frequently happened that the receiver had had four brothers in the army, and probably one fcr thirty or forty years, in various gradations of civil office—a circumstance which, if they had been prudent, should have given them the means of keeping themselves. How many of the c.ld and poor parochial pensioners could say, " I am the mother of 'seven sons, all of whom fell in the service of their country as private soldiers, at ls. a-day—they sustained the glory of their country by their own lives." The answer to such an appeal would not have been received in the manner the State pensioners' replies had been received by the Committee. There did not appear to have been one pension destroyed by any act of the Chancellor of the Exche quer.—( Hear.) lie ( Mr. H.) found in the divisions which bad taken place, that when the pension was maintained the Right Hon. Gentlemen was always in the majority, and that when the pension was knocked down he was always in the minority.—( A laugh.) The Right Hon. Gentleman had, therefore, imposed on many persons a debt of obligation. On many of those divisions, in which the Right Hon. Gentleman was in the majority, he (Mr. H.) should have been in the mi nority, and where the Right Hon. Gentleman had been in the minority he should have been in the majority.—( Hear, hear H Gentl- ineir qu,litications. , , S AW tit' 144 - 111 t% , Mr. O'C'n'Ti IV M!,enteu a petition from the pro, latis;to.4, vi the Bath Journal, complainingdf an action for til:1 having been taken against them ibr hating published a report of proceedings at the Quartb- Sessions Wa a tharne of perjury tvai hi:might against cartaitt partiestliat, the , perfectly true, and that one of the l i larties, who was a pauper; had been instigated 141 - ail attorney there to bring an itctioia tof c l amag 6B . they had a Iroatk de trace to the action, but that it ro,old kkttt them to the cost of two or three hundred pounds to Ill_erend themselves. The SPEAK k,lt. —What ao they pray ? Mr. O'cOnisiE L L.—That the law may be altered In that rearlett.—(Laughter.) The Hon. and Learrted Nidthbef then presented a petition front the Ileensed spirit and malt dealers of Dublie praying for a continuance of the clause prohibiting, .at'Oces from selling spirits, UOULI3tI.OI prestAnted a petition from Bil 13111 storl, In Yorksaliire; itainSt the qualification of Members ; also a petition, praying that the military stationed at Malta might be excused from attending the religious ceremonies of the in. habitants. The Right Hon. Ueritlernan then presented a pcti. tion from the Registrars and Deputy Registrars of the several dieettes in Ireland, stating that they had been called upon by the House of Commons tb make On a return of the names of those persona Who paid Church-rates, amounting to five ohillingl s s per year, and those who paid less than five shit, rings—that the return was a very laborious One, which would employ a great portion at their time without receiving any re muneration; And ptayiug that they might be excused from pretarint The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER had no hesitation in saying that if the facts represented were true, it would have been better that those officers who were usually employed in making these returns should have been called upon to make them. He thought, whatever returns were had from public bodies should be given without expense. Lord CLEMENTS brought up the Report of the Com mittee on the Pawnbrokers (Ireland) Act. Mr. O'CONNELL gave notice that to-morrow he would move that the proceedings of the last Dublin Election Com mittee be printed. IRISH RAILWAY COMMISSIONERS' REPORT. Mr. ELLIS wished to ask a question of the Right Hon. Gentleman, the Chancellor of the Exchequer. He held in his hand a copy of the second Report of the Railway Com missioners for Ireland, addressed to the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, and in a note at the end of page 93, he found the following- .—" So long back, as December 1836, a body of capitalists, represented by Peirce Ma• honey, Esq., after an interview with the Chief Secretary, communicated to the Commissioners a readiness to undertake any lines to the south-west they should recommend, and of fered to contribute one thousand pounds towards making the necessary survey ; and in May, 1838, they repeated their desire, on understanding that the Commissioners' Report would be very shortly after presented to Parliament. They explain the cause of their not having pressed in Parliament any view of their own, as they considered that such a proceeding must have tended to einbarass the execution of the propositions that should be made by us," and he concludes with these words—" We have added the two letters to the Appendix." In the other copies of this Report which he (Mr. Ellis) had seen, and which had been freely distributed, the note which he had just read did not appear, and, as it seemed to him (Mr. Ellis), to be of particular importance, espe cially after the complaints made the other night by the Honourable and Learned Member for Dublin against that report of the Commissioners, he therefore wished to ask the Hon. Gentleman by what authority so important a note had been expunged in the other copies of the report to which he had alluded. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he was not aware of the fact to which the Hon. Member had called the attention of the House, but he would make inquiry on the subject. Mr. ELLIS—The Right Hon. Gentleman would see the importance of the question, and be hoped on a future day to hear a satisfactory explanation on the subject. In answer to a question from Mr. HUME, Sir GEORGE GREY said he had no reason to believe that there was now a body of Indians acting in concert with the Regular troops in the warfare now carrying on in Upper Canada. The last dispatches from the Commander.in-Chief there made no mention of the fact. KING OF OUDE. Mr. PRAED gave notice that he should take the earliest opportunity of a motion for going into a Committee of Supply, to call the attention of the House to the circumstances con nected with the Treaty with the King of Oude, and to move for the production of papers relating to that Treaty. MILITIA BALLOT SUSPENSION BILL. ' On the motion of Lord J. RUSSELL, this Bill was read a third time, and passed. STAMP DIES BILL. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved the Order of the Day for the committal of this Bill, stating (as we understood) that the object of the Bill was to provide that the Stamp Dies should in future be the same in England and Wales, great inconvenience having arisen from their being different. The Bill passed through Committee. The Valuation of Lands (Ireland) Bill passed through Committee, and was ordered to be reported. On the motion of the CHANCELLOR of the EX CHEQUER, the Public Works Bill was reported. On the motion of the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHE . QUER, the House went into Committee on the Bank of Ireland Repayment Bill. Mr. HUME inquired what was the annual balance of public money on which they paid no interest? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER believed k about a million and a half. I Mr. O'CONNELL said that was about the sum ; and powers ve.ctf!c! 94 flip Savereta. After a few worth ii'dt.f . l lIUME, Sir IL PEEL understood that tle amount of the Pe ;iori L:st with which the Committee had to drat was 136 000/. ; and that the total amount of compulsory saving would be 3,4001., being only about 2 per cent. on the whole mown.-- (Hear, hear.) The Right lion. Gentleman (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) had very truly stated that the inquiry just concluded by the Committee had resulted in decisive proof that the powers of Government had never, in the granting of pensions, been perverted to corrupt purposes. They might have acted with too ranch liberality, hut they had not rendered themselves liable to the slightest taint of corrupt purpose. The saving, then, would only amount to about 2 per cent., and considering that the uniform practice had been to respect these grants—considering that they were about to establish new re gulations to prevent future abuse, he must say, that on the whole, he could wish that the Committee had concluded its labours with the recommendation that the Queen of England should not be left in a situation differing from that of her pre decessors, and that not for a saving of 2 per cent, should Queen Victoria have the disagreeable duty imposed on her of discontinuing pensions not granted fur corrupt purposes, and to which owners had an undoubted right. As he said before, he could not enter into ii:dividual cases; if h i e had been on the Committee he should live voted with the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether in the majority or minority. He had not the slightest difficulty in avowing these unpopular opinions. Mr. HAWES said that any recommendation to Govern snot from the Right llonourab!e Gentleman opposite gave him ilasves) considerable apprehension, for this reason, that lie did noi know bow soon it might be adopted.—(A laugh.) hat the Right Honourable Baronet had He did not thin. i f sigf.424 the saving fai'!v in limiting it to two per cent., but even .if That were all, lie tNurz,lit that the Committee had effected a great goad by their inyZNtigation. Sir ROBERT PEEL said that i;te honourable Member had mistaken him. What he meant was that, when the whole saving was 2,400/., it was hardly worth while for that to make victims. Mr. HUME said that the Right Hon. Baronet, in calculat ing the saving, had omrnitted the 3,500/. which had been given up in consequence of this inquiry. Of course those who had thus resigned did not belong to the best class of pensioners.— ( Hear, hear.) He (Mr. Hume) did not, however, look to the amount; it was the principle for which he contended. Captain PECHELL suggested that the proceedings of the Committee should be published. Their publication was very much desired by the friends of some of the parties concerned. Lord EBRINGTON said that nothing but the strong desire of the parties or their friends could justify the publication. Sir A. DALRYMPLE, on the part of a friend interested in that inquiry, begged to state that his friend had not the slightest objection to the publication of the evidence. IRISH MUNICIPAL BILL. The Order of the Day for the further consideration of the Lords' amendments on the Irish Municipal Bill was then read. Mr. BALL proposed the rejection of the Lords' amend ment, containing the administration of charity trusts in the hands of corporators. Lord ST AN L E opposed the rejection. Lord JOHN RUSSELL said that the CoMmans, if they adopted this amendment, would be retracting their own ex pressed opinion. In consequence of the alterations made by their Lordships in proposing to continue the trusts in the old body, he must prefer the restoration of the old clause. Mr. GOULBURN objected to vestir ' , in any servant of the Government the power of g iv i n g a political character to the administration of those funds. Mr. VERNON SMITH said, in his opinion it would be much hater to give the proposed power to the Lord Chancellor, than to continue the trusts in the existing corpo rate bodies. The SOLICITOIR-GENERAL contended that in the matter of appointin g trustee 5 the Lord Chancellor was not ac tuated by political influence, but proceeded as he did with the other judicial business of his Court. .The Court of Chancery —for that was the proper denotnination—was much less likely to be influenced by political motives than the ex-corporators. Mr. O'CONNELL wondered to hear it said that there was no charge of abuse made against the pscsent holders of charitable trusts in Ireland, when these charges were to be found in the reports of the Commission which had been ap pointed to inquire into them. Did they not fin d dim; 2,900/. was disposed of in Belfast, he supposed in hospitality And other corporate virtues ? In Drogheda the land left for charitable purposes had been let to Protestant tenants for 99 years; but in making the leases the best Protestants were foun in the families of the corporators. In Dublin also the Pipe-water Company misapplied a sum of 75,000/. Why would they refuse to vest this power in the Lord Chancellor, and yet vest him with such extensive power over all other trusts to the amount of countless millions. The Bill would not be worth having if those trusts were to be continued in the hands of the old trustees ; continued, too, for their lives without check or responsibility. To him it appeared that it would be better to abandon the Bill than continue the controul of the charities in the hands of the present trustees'. Mr. SHAW said that the whole of the pipe-water case, to which the Hon. and Learned Member referred, was a mil- , statement. It was true that a decree for the 75,0001. had been obtained against them, but the affair was a matter of ac count, and not a fraud. It was not the intention of the amend ment made in the Lords to take from the Corporation their property in the pipe-water case. It would be most unjust to do so, and that property, in the event of the Bill passing, should by right revert to the new Corporation which would be appointed under it. With respect to the charity itself, he considered the amendment made in the Lords a considerable improvement. Lord J. RUSSELL wished to add to the clause a proviso that no such Companies as the Pipe-water should be included under the name of the charitable trusts. The amendment made in the clause by their Lordships was then negatived without a division. Mr. BALL objected to the amendment made in the other House, which required that all trusts held for the use of per their doing the public business without charge, cost the public 75,000/. per annum.—( Hear. ) Mr. HUME said they were now paying 4/. 7 5 . 91. per cent, interest, whilst they could borrow money at 3/. 33. 9d. Allowing the system to continue another year would be a waste of the public money. There was no reason why the Govern. ment should not reduce the amount of the interest paid the Bank for that loan, it being competent for the Chancellor of the Exchequer to obtain it at a lower rate of interest. It was a pure waste of the public money. After a few words from tile CHANCELLOR Of the EXeHEQUER and Mr. A. YATES, The Bill went through a Committee, and was reported with amendments to the House. PENSIONS. On the Order of the Day for the House resolving itself into a Committee of the whole House, on the Pensions Bill being read. Sir R. PEEL said there was one class of public officers whose case he isished to bring under the notice of the House. He alluded to the Commissioners of Metropolitan Police, who had rendered more important services than almost any other class, and that he believed at the expellee of much personal labour. No gentleman who had occasion to call upon them o fficially, but must have been impressed with a conviction of the great impartiality and zeal with which they had discharged their important duties.—( Hear, hear.) He hoped the Noble Lord, the Secretary of State for the Home Department, would think these officers well descrying of consideration. Lord J. RUSSELL felt bound to say the the conduct of the Commissioners of Police had been praiseworthy in the highest degree, and there could not be two opinions that the manner in which they had performed their duty had given the public the greatest satisfaction. Ile had not hitherto thought it to be his duty to bring before the House or the Treasury the excellent conduct of those officers, as he had reserved it till the general subject should be brought before the House, when he thought their conduct would be well deserving of consirlerat:on.' The ATTORNEY-GENERAL could bear testimony to the admirable manner in which the Police of the Metropolis had conducted themselves, together with those who superin tended them. But in the north, they thought that while they contriblited to the expences of the Metropolitan Police, they ought to have some contribution from the revenue for the hear.) As to the first claim the Right ..on. sentle. had urged, he hoped he might be allowed to participate with him in having done a good service to those pensioners by the inquiry, and the opportunity it had afforded them to place on the chronicles of Parliament their pretensions. He thought there were some continued with great propriety ; there were others that .demanded more investigation, and there were some that ought to be entirely excluded. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER .said his view in delaying these returns to next Session was to show that the Government had carred into effect the recommenda tions of this Committee. The Right Hon. Gentlemen went on to deny that he had taken credit to himself for his conduct on the Committee, in which he had only endea voured to do his duty to the public, and to protect the just rights of the parties. As to the particular mode in which the inquiry had been carried on, the Hon. Member (Mr. Harvey) had formerly suggested it himself, viz., that a circular letter should be sent round. He (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) was glad to hear the Hon. Member acknowledge that the result of the inquiry in many cases had been very satisfactory. There was no inconsistency in his (the Chancellor of the Exchequer's) having formerly resisted the inquiry which he had since advocated ; for, on the one occasion ; the money had already been granted, and an inquiry would have been a violation of compact; in the other, a new reign was about to commence. Mr. 11UME said the Right Honourable Gentleman hid certainly misrepresented him. They had been pre. eluded from inquiring into the circumstances of the par. ties, whether the services were public or otherwise. Ther.s was one instance of the sister and daughter of a Peer receiving pensions, to %illicit he had objected. Another was the case of a lady whose husband was worth 18,000/. a-year, and who had been lately left a sum of 120,000/. _ The amendment was then negatived without a division, and the House then went into Committee on the Bill. Mr. HUM E wished to know whether the pensions were to be continued after the life of the present possessors, or whe ther the House was to have the right of renisine them? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that the pensions granted by her Majesty would come under the revision of the House in the case of the consideration of ano tl.er Civil List, which he trusted was far distant but the pensions now under consideration would be a charge so reference sons belonging to the Established Church, or for the use of Protestant Dissenters, should' only be administered by Protes tants. He objected to this, as being a marked insult to the Roman Catholics of Ireland. Mr. SHAW said, if the amendments had teen proposed id this House they might probably have been objected to, and therefore it had been a better course to propose them in the House of Lords. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL agreed in the principle of the clause; he thought that when a charity was especially devoted to purposes connected with the Church of England it would be improper to appoint Catholics or Dissenters trustees of the administration of such a charity. But he had this ob jection to the introduction of the clause, namely, that it inter fered with a duty which the Lord Chancellor would doubtless perform in order to ensure protection to the charity if such a clause never existed. Sir ROBERT PEEL thought it would be difficult to di rect that the commissioners or trustees in the cases of Protes tant charities should be of the Established Church, without any distinct reference to Catholics or Dissenters. He should propose that the clause should direct that the trustees should be of the Protestant Church without any reference to Pro testant Dissenters or Catholics. Mr. O'CONNELL concurred in the opinion expressed by the Right Hon. Baronet. It was evident that when the trust was for the purposes of religious education it should be confided to Protestints. For his part, he should not wish to Ii ire auy connection with such a trust. The clause was; however, unnecessary, as the Lord Chancellor had already sufficient powers to fulfil all the purposes for which it had been framed. Lord MOR PETH sugzested the insertion of words to the effect that in all cases where the trust was for the purpose of education, Sc., in the Protestant Church, the Commissioners or trustees should he of the Established Church. Lord STANLEY did not, object to the amendment, but he feared that it would not be able to reach all the cases which might occur in Ireland. The clause as amended was agrred to. Clause 75, rcgoluting the administration of certain trusts, as it came from the Lords, was omitted, and clause 72 as it ori ginally stood substituted. Several other of the Lords' amendments were agreed to. After clause 151, several new clauses were proposed by Lord .. . Police in Scotland. He thought th a t su bj ec t we ll wort hy o f t h e upon the Consolidated Fund, and would have n, consideration of the House. to the continuance of the life of her Majesty . Morpeth, for the purpose of giving potter to certain towns not Mr. HAWES believed that the strong feeling that per. Mr. HUME said that would preclude him from agreeing included in the Act, to apply the provisions of the 9th of waded the metropolis some time ago against the P o li ce , h a d with the Bill. With regard to a large cl ass of pensioners upon - Geo. IV. To one of them been converted itro feelings of the greatest satisfaction at the the revenues of Ireland, they were told by the law;officers of Sir R. PEEL objected. He did not think the Noble efficient manlier in which they performed their duties. the Crown that they could not meddle with them at all. H e L or i h a d g i v .. o sufficient notice of the clauses ; aed he took it Mr. O'CONNELL was not going to ask for any additional wished to know whether that opinion of the law officers would for granted that the Noble Lord by this proceeding did not force for Dublin from the Home Government. He wes, how- be laid on the table of the House. mean that the Bill should piss.—( Hear.) ever, anxious to Lear his testimony to the m erits of these gen- The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the Lord STANLEY said that this clause was for the purpose tlemen. They bad tra ined the officers who ha d the commend Hon. Gentleman was aware that that opinion had been given, of introducing a new system of taxation into the towns in Ire of the police in Dublin, and the conduct of them, and the and was laid before the Committee. He was mistaken in land, and therefore to adopt it without due notice would be to men under them, was above all praise. There w ere too few supposing this a large class of pensions; it was really a very abrogate that useful rule. The clause had not been submitted of them, however, for the men were harrassed by their heavy small class. previously to Parliament in any way. He ( Lord Stanley) sub - duties. They had almost totally suppressed combination in The ATTORNEY -GENERAL had no hesitation in mitred that, in point of form, and certainly in point ef justice that city, which was at a "los t - fearful extent " h en they were stetting his opinion, which was, that by the common law of and reason, the House was not competent to discuss it. formed. If a smell addition was made to their force they England the King , by his p rero g ative, could alienate the real Thou g h he did not say he would take the sea'e of the House would soon eradicate it entirely. property of the C rown and his revenues ; but that p rero ga tiv e on the subject, he should certainly enter his decided protest Col. SIBTHORP had opposed the introduction of the Po. had been limitedl in England by the statute of Anne. No such against it. lice Force; but from his observation since then, he thought the statute ha d been p assed for Ireland ; no such statute had been Lord J. RUSSELL said the complaints of the Noble Lord ,system worked well, and was very beneficial to the public. passed for Scotland. Therefore he and the Attorney-General and the Right Hen. Baronet were of a very singular character. Mr. HUME said that knowing the great interest which for Ireland had come to the opini on th a t the common law pro . I n a Bill t o w hich 92 clauses had been added by the Lords, Mr. HAR VE V wished to know if, after all his labour, the r c a om tio p n i the public felt on the subject of Pensions,' and knowing the rogative still remained to the Crown in Ireland. great attention which the Committee had paid to that subject, left was to agree to the very words he was anxious that what was done upon it should give complete Chancellor of the Exchequer was on l y to save to t h„ o „ niee o f the Lords.—( Hear, hear.) That he could cover consent satisfaction to the public. He regretted the proceedin,gs of 2.71 3/. ? W. aint A w ll a adweastlitaotbtehe Commons should make any alte sitting o What a pretty result after twenty-seven days' • • t be could never consort that the Lords should change the the Committee had been thrown over to so late a period that of the Committee ! form and nature of the Bill, and the Commons have no power very few Members had had an opportunity o f forming an opinion The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER considered of altering it. The Lords certainly could not expect that, that sm upon what might he don e. What . he therefor e proposed the amount of saving as- quite second ar y t o th e principle in- after so many obnoxious amendments as had been made in the was, that of instead of proceeding tvith the Pension Bill n e w , volved in the inquiry. B u t t h e m i ni , was considerably more pr i nc iple of the measure, it could be silently - acquiesced in by the Chancellor of the Exchequer should (as a former Chan- than that mentioned by the Hon. Gentleman. ' that House ; and he (Lora J. Russell) contended that the cellor of the Exchequer had done) take a vo t e for whatever • Mr. HUME said that what he wanted to know was i Right Hon. Gentleman had no right to charge him s hat the . money might be required to pay the pensions row, and b r i ng w hether the Act in quest i on did not restrain the grant i ng o f 1 intention of not passing it—( Hear, hear)—beeause he would not bow to these a in a Bill early next Session. Memb er s would then have . 1 pensions, and whether the Sovereign, in giving up his re. a mendments and submit his neck to the yoke. what had been done by th e ve nues, did not consequetlt —( en opportunity of seeing y give up his power to grant pen - Committec, and of seeing what pensions, had been allow e d t o ' .:iosLi from them ? •• •, pro Hear, bear.) The nature of the clause which was. now posed was that by the appointment of a Board of Commis •' :: Th e ATTORNEY-GENERAL said that the t- Horion?Ale sioof.rs in small towns without Corporatioca, the inhabitants,. Member, in thinking the Crown had no right to alienate its lA/ woull not otherwise be oua'iiied for the municipal 'film— i,eie.fro, Irhm/red under a gross mistake, because, by the o'n:i.', t'' , ..otind have the power of controlling their own local eomino'n.lavY ak F:sfiv , !reign hail a right to alienate in perpe- taxation. Was he to be told that, because he prop ose d such • I,s;ttitt. f-le otio• neral had comidered most an amendment, Fitt 1 , 74 s insulting the majesty of the Lords, and ea`r:"± . l'ulf:l the Act Abided to - by !lie Honourable M,.rribcr, and d••,irous to prevent thr pac. , ik gof the Bill ?—( Hear, hear.) hat:ing igii*.stii'lfcni ale ~.;'olicitor- General, they 11,1 com e to 1 lie thought his proposal knore reasonable than the course par the conclusion film , A di'd nit &t A limit 111 e powers of the sued by the other side; and 3t had, moreover, the merit of CroWn.. Nlr. H tME said the Right llonourtlife the Attorney- Ge- proposal which deserved, at all crents, to be fairly cot sidered , - ,:dal 44f'4 tn , Vrety leading the H o use astray h. talking of the and he could not think so ill of tit' Lordsas to su ppose t'iat Common la*, •ke, :hi& as Well talk of the law of Pekin, in as they would altogether reject it. IF they did, however, he hoped far a's the subject before: Ortz' ottese was affected. What he that they would assign their reasons tor' so doing.—( ELear.) (Mr. litimeY wanted to know was, whether the King, in . .t'llr K. PEEL had never heard a greater misrepresenta suri* his revenues, and being restricted to 1,2001. a tion of his Noble Friend and himself tln.t.r. that made by the year for peii!iii)o , l, stfilt retained a right to alienate those 7C. Noble Lord opposite.—( Cheers.) Did hi , (Sir goutel) the ? jeet to the Noble Lord's opposition to the amend mad ( ' The SOLICITOR-GE N'Eliiii. .toneurred in the opinion in the Bill by the House of Lords, or denv.the competencv ef 4 0,4 0 , It iih p t Honourable the Attortley-o,oerst as to the the house of Commons to consider them, an 'I make any a lto ' ration in them they might deem requisite ? -(Hea% near.) This, and this alone, he objected to—that the Noble Lola ?ho4lcl call on the House of Uomnion3 to ado i a a cause con taining an important principle without them the slightest notice of his intention to propose it fo r their c onsi. deration. Toe Noble Lord had said that he ga re n otice in his speecli of last night ; the Noble Lord, in so saving. misled hinielt and others also. And then the Noble Lori, to cover his departure from the rule of Parliament, found it e 'onvenieut to raise a cheer by mistaking altogether the purpe rt of his ( Sir R. Peel's) argument ; and talking big about not: bowing his neck to the yoke of the House of Lords.—( Cheers:) Hr ( Sir R. Peel) had said nothing which could warrant t. ie 0 1 ) servation of the Noble Lord in respect to him, and cer,..ainl! nothing to justify the display of determination manifeste him on the occasion.—( Hear.) Lord MORPETH maintained that his Noble Friend (tor J. Russell) had not misrepresented the statements math" o , the other side of the House. He also maintained that .111 5 Noble Friend had given due notice of his intention respect to the clauses before the House in his :Teeth of the 1 _ receding night. Sir JAMES GRAHAM said the Noble Lord had talked trippingly of " the dignity" of the House of Lords ; but II" could tell him that they knew perfectly well how to preserve it, by resisting all attempts at crude and injurious legislation. and guarding all existing rights and privileges by whomso ever assailed. The Noble Lord had also talked of " passing under the yoke ;" but if he only recollected what had been done in the case of a certain Bill sent up to the other House recently, without the assertion of a principle, which had some time before been so harshly asserted to be iodisp‘msable sod imperative, he need not fed so squeamish about passing under the yoke.—(Cheers.) The SPEAKER said that with respect to the question cf the Hon. Baronet, he certainly thought that there shook! have been a Committee to enable the amendment to be consistently entertained. Perhaps the most regular way would be, fo r the House to resolve itself into a Committee, and then talLe the an :endment into consideration.—( Hear.) Th e CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER begge'r leave to sa : . that the amendment contained no taxing power but what was n the original Bill, or only differed from it i" establishing a lim.itadem With respect to the 9th of Geo.-IV., he could assure the t-louse that the whole Bill for England and Wales was passed ;7 ithout a previous Committee of anY kind sitting in support of ;he taxing clause, although there was a Committee on the whole Bill. He contended, also, that the original power of taxation (for ; , aving, lighting, and cleans ing, salaries of officers, &c.) possessed by the Corporation wsa infinitely more than that proposed in ti,e Bill sent up to tb° Lords.—( Question, question.) The House divided, when there appeared-- For the amendment Against it Majority for Ilfilisters The remaining clauses and the schedules of the Bill we re then disposed of. WAYS AND MEANS. On the Order of the Day for the Committee of Ways atii Means being read, Sir F. TRENCH moved for a Select Committee to it' quire into the cases in which the Irish Government had offered rewards for the apprehension of offenders, and the cases in which such rewards have been withheld, and the causes whY they had been withheld. The Hon. Member stated that th e conduct of the Irish Government in withholding rewards, i i , e cases of apprehension had tended very much to interfere the ends of justice. Colonel PE RCE VAL seconded the motion. Major BRYAN opposed the motion. Lord MORPETH said that the present Government of Ireland acted in conformity with the practice pursued by thei r predecessors, and on the suggestions of the stipendiary msg.' s ; trates. In the cases where the full amount had not been eV the deduction was the consequence of the misconduct of witnesses, arid the manner in which they gave their evidence . Mr. SHAW must say that the case of the Noble Lord wa r ' not very creditable. It was not creditable to Government U r say, " We are so dissatisfied with the manner in which Y.° ll have given your testimony that we will in some measure vio late our premise. We arc not sure that you have done as Y° u . ought on this occasion, and being in this state of doubt w:v. shall only give you half the promised reward." Such arrangement wou:.d not be attempted by a private gentlernau in a private case. Mr. O'CONNELL defended the conduct which the GO' vernrnOtt had pursued in tn..ese cases, more especially in the of Carter, who, without the stimulus of money, wou ld eci2 come forward to give evidence, even in the case of his 0 " father. After a few words from Messrs. Goplburn, E. Tesule et ' and Redington, Colonel Trench obtained leave to withdraW his motion. • 'The House then went into Committee of Ways and Meangi The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUEL 111°v,1,1 e several items, but in a voice so inaudible, that it was utterly ,impossible to catch either the amount or the purposes to they were to be applied. The House resumed, and the Chairman reported progr°ol CUSTOMS' ACT—DUCHY OF CORNWALL . The House went into Committee on this Bill. , ca The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER Te ()% certain resolutions upon which he stated it to be his intend ° to bring in a Bill for the reduction of the import duties on to The resolutions were agreed to, and the House resumed . AFFIRMATIONS BILL. Mr. P. THOMSON moved the Order of the Day for O ng into Committee on this Bill. Mr. GO ULBURN objected to this nibbling sort of legiait; tier), and thought it would be better t o att e mpt the 1111° question by moving for a Bill to abolish oaths altogether. Mr. P. THOMSON defended. the Bill. Mr. PRYNIE thought the Bill calculated to confer O w benefit not only upon those who were specially allud e d to, 3 , e - , upon society generally. In a case where a woman who ~.'„„1 longed to the Society of Quakers, and bec a m e separated i r '" - - them by marriage with a person of another sect, the hardo t of not permitting her to make an affirmation was very g re4. Such a case happened to himself.—( Laughter.) Sir R. INGLIS was of opinion that the sanctity an lemnity of an oath ought to be preserved as far as possible . 4 The ATTORNEY-GENERAL was anxious they sb ote o have a more extensive Bill than the Bill to which they were r' t 0 adverting. He was not prepared to say that either ought „ be entirely abolished, but when a person entertained any f r ig 'igloos scruple against an oath, it was monstrous to refuse affirmation. Mr. SHAW could state, from his own observations, that Ireland at least the importance which the; nwer classes irtael,3l; to the taking o f a n oath was so ', Teat, that it could not sale r' be dispensed with in Courts of Justice. Mr. O'CONNELL said that the Bill was absolutely ill cessaey, and he hoped that ere long oaths would be O tti abolished. A Mr. After a few words from Mr. Wood, Mr. Lucas, an ,. Goulburn, The House went into Committee upon the Bill. Mr. GOU L BURN expressed his opposition to it. Mr. PRYM E moved a verbal amendment to the 1.3 . 4 1 . Mr. AG LIONBY supported the Bill. After some further observations from the A TT ORNEY- G $- RAL and Mr. GOULBURN, the clause was agreed to, as were t rernainin,,c , clauses and preamble. The House then resumed, and the report was order ed t° btr received to.morrow. The Report of the Committee on the Oaths V.,iitlity _0 . 31 was further considered, and with tile amendments agreed to The Bill was ordered fur the thin reading on Monday Mr. E. TE NNE NT moved the Ord of the Day for g e into Committee on the Sprit License (Ireland) Bill. Mr. SHAW opposed the motion. Lcrd CLEMENT. although he did not concur with 6 ; Right Hon. and Learned Gentleman as to this Bil l, sit thought the Committee on it should be deterred. Mr. O'CONNELL hoped the Bill would be allowed ill pass the present stage. tb° After some further observations from Mr. LUC.Atso House divided and the numbers were— For ping into Comrnitho 28 Agaii,st it 23 Mdorit- The House then resolved itself into a Committee, O'Connell in the Chair. cvit 4 Colonel PE RCEVA L objected to their going ! 1 oac such a measure in the absence of Ministers, and inove, o o , the Chairman should report progress, and ask leave to st After a discussh , n, in which Mr. M. J. O'Connell, .05 Grattan, and Mr. E. Tennent took a part, the til° 6 l• agreed to, and Monday next named for pnceeding Committee. utY Mr. R. STEUART brought in a Bill to enable 110 tre.,surers in Ireland to make payments for county In 4 from balances in their hands. Rer:d a fist time. rht ► The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER brou!-°., a Bill for the repeal of the Four and a HalfperCent. V utl Read a first time. A d e a n The other Orders of the Day were then disPose the House adjourned at H a lt past Two o'Cioch unt il fla Three to•rnoriow ((his day.) The Lotz i o i t U lt S N(. l3 tEt, ° l.o F tt Five o'C;och. .. ffc 4l The • Dal of H A RRO WBY presented etition, the P• t t Liverroo • I, Leeds, Hunslet, and other places, agains,, I t ' oo () k ß b D is S se ' at A o7 71-re 3• l• 2t. encouragement of idolatrous worship in Indi a: tl!e i ) A Message f r om the House of Commons brought. Ii Charitable Loan Bill, and another Bill. 600 0 The Archbishop of C ANTERBURY presented Peo.emot from pia; es i n the county of Derby i%ainst t he encourat, of •idulatrous worship in Indizi. Cort ir Lord BROUGHAM prosented a petition from thc.,totiel ration of London, complaining of the system of NV- CBI 2011 ftsl .I.`t 71 196 114 301 ZO 91 6- 1 171` 2 , 1 45 110 4 4 as :nan I I 1